Stacy Benedict
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Free Leqaa Kordia: Palestinian Woman Who Joined Columbia U. Protest Has Been Detained Since March
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Free Leqaa Kordia: Palestinian Woman Who Joined Columbia U. Protest Has Been Detained Since March
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December 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Free Leqaa Kordia: Palestinian Woman Who Joined Columbia U. Protest Has Been Detained Since March
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The 60 Minutes Story The Trump Administration Doesn't Want You To See
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The 60 Minutes Story The Trump Administration Doesn't Want You To See
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December 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The 60 Minutes Story The Trump Administration Doesn't Want You To See
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How Writing Workshops Can Help Formerly Incarcerated People Begin to Heal
J.D. Mathes on taking control of stories and releasing trauma through narrative.
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J.D. Mathes on taking control of stories and releasing trauma through narrative.
#Writing 📚
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How Writing Workshops Can Help Formerly Incarcerated People Begin to Heal
“You must change your life.” –Rainer Maria Rilke In prison, a therapist said I needed to find a new way to be in the world. The boy of twenty, the top gun armor crewman and decorated na…
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December 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
How Writing Workshops Can Help Formerly Incarcerated People Begin to Heal
J.D. Mathes on taking control of stories and releasing trauma through narrative.
#Writing 📚
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J.D. Mathes on taking control of stories and releasing trauma through narrative.
#Writing 📚
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2025 didn’t just reshape genres, it reshaped expectations.
Our new analysis explores which categories surged, which declined, and how cross-genre fiction became a dominant force.
Part 2 of the series is now available: writestats.com/genre-shifts...
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Our new analysis explores which categories surged, which declined, and how cross-genre fiction became a dominant force.
Part 2 of the series is now available: writestats.com/genre-shifts...
#Booksky
Genre Shifts in 2025: What Worked, What Skyrocketed, and What Authors Should Know for 2026
Discover the major genre shifts in 2025, from romantasy to hybrid fiction, and see what these trends mean for authors planning for success in 2026.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
2025 didn’t just reshape genres, it reshaped expectations.
Our new analysis explores which categories surged, which declined, and how cross-genre fiction became a dominant force.
Part 2 of the series is now available: writestats.com/genre-shifts...
#Booksky
Our new analysis explores which categories surged, which declined, and how cross-genre fiction became a dominant force.
Part 2 of the series is now available: writestats.com/genre-shifts...
#Booksky
Democrats didn't "cave". The shut down ended in the most obvious conclusion. The Repubs have been trying to kill the ACA for years & were never going to save the subsidies. Nor was the filibuster ever going to be abolished
MAGA Has Repulsed Young Women | The David Frum Show
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MAGA Has Repulsed Young Women | The David Frum Show
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MAGA Has Repulsed Young Women | The David Frum Show
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November 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Democrats didn't "cave". The shut down ended in the most obvious conclusion. The Repubs have been trying to kill the ACA for years & were never going to save the subsidies. Nor was the filibuster ever going to be abolished
MAGA Has Repulsed Young Women | The David Frum Show
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MAGA Has Repulsed Young Women | The David Frum Show
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MY HERO ACADEMIA Creator Is “Very Involved” in Live-Action Movie
This week's comic news includes great manga/anime adaptations, Deadpool at Disneyland, the best graphic novels of the year, and more.
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This week's comic news includes great manga/anime adaptations, Deadpool at Disneyland, the best graphic novels of the year, and more.
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MY HERO ACADEMIA Creator Is "Very Involved" in Live-Action Movie
This week's comic news includes great manga/anime adaptations, Deadpool at Disneyland, the best graphic novels of the year, and more.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
MY HERO ACADEMIA Creator Is “Very Involved” in Live-Action Movie
This week's comic news includes great manga/anime adaptations, Deadpool at Disneyland, the best graphic novels of the year, and more.
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This week's comic news includes great manga/anime adaptations, Deadpool at Disneyland, the best graphic novels of the year, and more.
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Help Families Affected by Hurricane Melissa
#Donations #HurricaneMelissa
As Category 5 Hurricane Melissa rips across the Caribbean, families are facing tremendous loss. Together, we can deliver relief, restore hope, and help communities rebuild.
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#Donations #HurricaneMelissa
As Category 5 Hurricane Melissa rips across the Caribbean, families are facing tremendous loss. Together, we can deliver relief, restore hope, and help communities rebuild.
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Help Families Affected by Hurricane Melissa
As Category 5 Hurricane Melissa rips across the Caribbean, families are facing tremendous loss. Together, we can deliver relief, restore hope, and help communities rebuild. Your gift today will provid...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Help Families Affected by Hurricane Melissa
#Donations #HurricaneMelissa
As Category 5 Hurricane Melissa rips across the Caribbean, families are facing tremendous loss. Together, we can deliver relief, restore hope, and help communities rebuild.
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#Donations #HurricaneMelissa
As Category 5 Hurricane Melissa rips across the Caribbean, families are facing tremendous loss. Together, we can deliver relief, restore hope, and help communities rebuild.
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7 Ways to Master Collecting Humorous Bits (On Humor)
Humor columnist Karim Shamsi-Basha shares seven ways to master collecting humorous bits to use in writing or stand-up routines.
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7 Ways to Master Collecting Humorous Bits (On Humor)
Humor columnist Karim Shamsi-Basha shares seven ways to master collecting humorous bits to use in writing or stand-up routines.
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7 Ways to Master Collecting Humorous Bits (On Humor)
Humor columnist Karim Shamsi-Basha shares seven ways to master collecting humorous bits to use in writing or stand-up routines.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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7 Ways to Master Collecting Humorous Bits (On Humor)
Humor columnist Karim Shamsi-Basha shares seven ways to master collecting humorous bits to use in writing or stand-up routines.
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7 Ways to Master Collecting Humorous Bits (On Humor)
Humor columnist Karim Shamsi-Basha shares seven ways to master collecting humorous bits to use in writing or stand-up routines.
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October 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Giuffre accuses 'entitled' Andrew in posthumous book
A posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre accuses the Duke of York of being "entitled - as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright", according to extracts published in the Guardian newspaper.
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A posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre accuses the Duke of York of being "entitled - as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright", according to extracts published in the Guardian newspaper.
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Virginia Giuffre accuses 'entitled' Andrew in posthumous book
Virginia Giuffre, who took her life earlier this year, gives her account of meeting Prince Andrew.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Giuffre accuses 'entitled' Andrew in posthumous book
A posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre accuses the Duke of York of being "entitled - as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright", according to extracts published in the Guardian newspaper.
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A posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre accuses the Duke of York of being "entitled - as if he believed having sex with me was his birthright", according to extracts published in the Guardian newspaper.
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Wyoming library director fired amid uproar over books with LGBTQ+ themes wins $700,000 settlement
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"I do feel vindicated. It's been a rough road, but I will never regret standing up for the First Amendment," Lesley said.
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"I do feel vindicated. It's been a rough road, but I will never regret standing up for the First Amendment," Lesley said.
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Wyoming library director fired amid uproar over books with LGBTQ+ themes wins $700,000 settlement
Terri Lesley was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for youngsters.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Wyoming library director fired amid uproar over books with LGBTQ+ themes wins $700,000 settlement
#BookBans
"I do feel vindicated. It's been a rough road, but I will never regret standing up for the First Amendment," Lesley said.
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"I do feel vindicated. It's been a rough road, but I will never regret standing up for the First Amendment," Lesley said.
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Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl halftime performer is an obvious - and subversive - choice
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Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl halftime performer is an obvious - and subversive - choice | CNN
Perhaps Kendrick Lamar was speaking to the present and the future when he said during his Super Bowl halftime performance months back that “the revolution ‘bout to be televised.”
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September 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl halftime performer is an obvious - and subversive - choice
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Movie Review: ‘Him’ fumbles a potent premise
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Movie Review: ‘Him’ fumbles a potent premise
American society probably puts more pressure on producing a good quarterback than anything else, which makes it all the more confounding that the Jets can never have one.
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September 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Movie Review: ‘Him’ fumbles a potent premise
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How the Roberts Court became the Trump Court
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Analysis: How the Roberts Court became the Trump Court | CNN Politics
Chief Justice John Roberts’ 20 years on the Supreme Court have been punctuated by a series of vivid episodes, from his confirmation hearings as he vowed merely to call “balls and strikes,” to his dram...
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September 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
How the Roberts Court became the Trump Court
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Do we even have free speech anymore?
ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after remarks about Charlie Kirk
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ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after remarks about Charlie Kirk
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ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after remarks about Charlie Kirk | CNN Business
Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Do we even have free speech anymore?
ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after remarks about Charlie Kirk
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ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after remarks about Charlie Kirk
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‘Nazi Karens’ Go Full Cancel Culture on Charlie Kirk Critics
Bereaved anti free speech stans of the murdered far-right activist are hellbent on getting anyone who criticizes him fired from their jobs.
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Bereaved anti free speech stans of the murdered far-right activist are hellbent on getting anyone who criticizes him fired from their jobs.
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‘Nazi Karens’ Go Full Cancel Culture on Charlie Kirk Critics
Bereaved fans of the murdered far-right activist are hellbent on getting anyone who criticizes him fired from their jobs.
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September 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
‘Nazi Karens’ Go Full Cancel Culture on Charlie Kirk Critics
Bereaved anti free speech stans of the murdered far-right activist are hellbent on getting anyone who criticizes him fired from their jobs.
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Bereaved anti free speech stans of the murdered far-right activist are hellbent on getting anyone who criticizes him fired from their jobs.
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‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Summons a Franchise-Best Box Office
Audiences around the world have been dying to see how 'The Conjuring: Last Rites' wraps up the Warrens' cinematic story
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Audiences around the world have been dying to see how 'The Conjuring: Last Rites' wraps up the Warrens' cinematic story
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'The Conjuring: Last Rites' Summons a Franchise-Best Box Office
Audiences around the world have been dying to see how 'The Conjuring: Last Rites' wraps up the Warrens' cinematic story.
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September 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ Summons a Franchise-Best Box Office
Audiences around the world have been dying to see how 'The Conjuring: Last Rites' wraps up the Warrens' cinematic story
#Movies
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Audiences around the world have been dying to see how 'The Conjuring: Last Rites' wraps up the Warrens' cinematic story
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New Horror Books to Help You Kick Off Spooky Season This September
September's new horror releases include a novella, short stories, and full blown novels to satisfy scare fanatics.
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September's new horror releases include a novella, short stories, and full blown novels to satisfy scare fanatics.
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New Horror Books to Help You Kick Off Spooky Season This September
September's new horror releases include a novella, short stories, and full blown novels to satisfy scare fanatics.
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September 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
New Horror Books to Help You Kick Off Spooky Season This September
September's new horror releases include a novella, short stories, and full blown novels to satisfy scare fanatics.
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September's new horror releases include a novella, short stories, and full blown novels to satisfy scare fanatics.
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How Much Money Is Trump Profiting from the Presidency? | The New Yorker
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How Much Money Is Trump Profiting from the Presidency? | The New Yorker
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September 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
How Much Money Is Trump Profiting from the Presidency? | The New Yorker
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GAEREA - Submerged (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
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August 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
How Trump's immigration policies are affecting caregivers and nursing homes.
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How Trump's immigration policies are affecting caregivers and nursing homes
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August 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
How Trump's immigration policies are affecting caregivers and nursing homes.
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Every masterpiece starts as a messy draft. Don’t quit—your words matter. ✍️✨
August 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Every masterpiece starts as a messy draft. Don’t quit—your words matter. ✍️✨